Phylogeography of Pulsatilla vernalis (L.) Mill. (Ranunculaceae): Chloroplast DNA reveals two evolutionary lineages across central Europe and Scandinavia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1650-1664

  Ronikier, Michał ^a,b   Costa, Andrea ^c   Aguilar, Javier Fuertes ^c   Feliner, Gonzalo Nieto ^c   Küpfer, Philippe ^b   Mirek, Zbigniew ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpine; Boreal; Europe; Northern refugia; Phylogeography; Post glacial migrations; Scandinavia

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHLOROPLAST; COLONIZATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DNA; DOLOMITE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVOLUTION; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; REFUGIUM;

ALPS; BALKANS; CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; NORTHERN EUROPE; PYRENEES; SCANDINAVIA; SUDETES; TATRA MOUNTAINS; WESTERN EUROPE;

PULSATILLA; PULSATILLA VERNALIS; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 49549125440     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01907.x     Document Type: Article

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